Samuel Lappin & Charles G. Scrafford
and
Money or Script  from the bank of  Lappin and Scrafford, Seneca, Kansas
Offered on open live auction on e-bay
with estimated value of over $372.00
Do not know what final price was as I did not see the closing sale.
The script was for sale on e-bay about July of 2004

Mouse over script to see back..

Many banks, companies and stores issued script in the early days of this country.   Script or duebills as they were called were  still used in the 1930s in the community of Seneca and at various grocery stores where eggs, cream, vegetables, and butter were bought. This also ensured this script would be spent at this store. Bank scrip had to be taken to the that bank or given to some one who had faith in that bank. In some places wages were paid in full or part with this script. There was a song which had the words "I owe my soul to the company store."  The bad thing about this was that sometimes companies or stores floated too much money and could not pay off and went  broke.. There is  evidence this may have happened here in Seneca. C. G Scrafford and Lappin   were involved in the Nemaha National Bank here at  Seneca, Kansas which likely went bankrupt or was sold out, I do not have much  information on this at present time.  This was Samuel Lappin the son of Finley Lappin.  C. G. Scrafford was married to daughter of Finley Lappin . Was Finley also involved? That is the question. They were  good for Seneca and was the first time the state helped in city financing however it was not legal at this time.

This started  out as being about buildings and I can see it will be never ending. There is much more you have not seen yet because I have not gotten it typed.